Call it the war on G-men. As they’ve run
interference for Trump by undermining the special counsel investigation being
led by Robert Mueller, some Republicans on Capitol Hill have unleashed broad
attacks that suggest the nation’s premier law enforcement agency is tainted by
corruption and malfeasance.

They’ve latched onto a text showing a FBI official
joking about a “secret
society,” and suggested there was a “deep
state” plot to “subvert the will of the American people.” They’ve
compared the actions of U.S. law enforcement officers to the KGB, and said they
have a secret
memo ― written by Republican staffers ― proving “shocking,”
“sickening,” “jaw-dropping” law enforcement conduct that was “worse than
Watergate.”

When the Department of Justice said a tech issue
meant that some text messages between two FBI employees who were lovers were
missing, some Republicans smelled a coverup and saw a conspiracy afoot. “This
is like the dog ate my homework, the excuse they give,” Rep. Jim Jordan of
Ohio said on Fox News. “This is something that just should
not take place.”

Trump called the the missing texts “one of the
biggest stories in a long time.” And then the texts were recovered.

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